Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 - March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and director best known for The Learning Tree (1969).
He was married to Sally Alvis, Elizabeth Campbell, and Genevieve Young and had four children, Gordon Parks Jr, David Parks, Leslie Parks, and Toni Parks-Parsons.
Parks died in 2006 at the age of 93 from cancer.
Director
- 1964: Flavio (short) (also writer)
- 1968: NET Journal
- 1968: The World Of Piri Thomas
- 1969: The Learning Tree (also writer, composer and producer)
- 1971: Shaft (also composer)
- 1972: Shafts Big Score
- 1974: The Super Cops
- 1976: Leadbelly
- 1984: American Playhouse (also composer)
- 1987: Moments Without Proper Names (also writer and composer)
Actor
- 1971: Shaft as Apartment Landlord (Uncredited Role)
- 1972: Shafts Big Score as Croupier (uncredited)
- 1992: Lincoln as Henry H. Garnet/Various
- 2000: Shaft as Lenox Lounge Patron
Writer
- 1968: Diary Of A Harlem Family (short)
